Summer Crazy!

Wow! Has it really been since the end of May the last time I blogged?! You guys need to tell me these things! Summer has been a little nutso since the kids got out of school. They get the summer off, but momma still has to work! And of course that ole’ parental guilt sets in when I can't take them to pool everyday, give them projects to do all the time, or make sure they don’t spend hours a week playing video games. Try as I might, my kids get bored. But I read an article recently that said its ok for your kids to be bored now and then. Sparks imagination. Then my kids must be as creative as Picasso!
Anyway, I also found this cool site that lists a bunch of easy things to do with your kiddos that will help fill the ‘you’re and awesome parent bank’. Being a parent that works that’s always a tough balancing act, but it can be done!
So enjoy your summer and relax, and I hope some of these ideas ease the pain of ‘omg what do we do now’?
Cheers!

• Bake cookies for ice cream sandwiches
• Have a luau in the backyard
• Visit the beach an collect sea shells
• Visit a farmers market
• Stage a scavenger hunt
• Have a picnic
• Go canoeing at a local lake
• Write and illustrate your own book
• Make homemade pizza
• Have backyard campfire
• Go hiking
• Plant a garden
• Visit a fish hatchery
• Turn your backyard into a carnival with face painting and ring toss
• String beads into jewelry
• Visit a water park
• Make smoothie recipes
  

Enjoy!
Cheers!!